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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1930

87 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 5

Drowning Fatality

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 2

Through being unable to swim, Gladys Ruth Ware (24) was drowned in the Wollondflly, River at Kenmore on Christmas Eve. She was bathing…

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Fatal Shooting Accident on Shoalhaven River

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 2

A graphic story was told by Constable McDonald, of Tarago, of the difficulties experienced by the party which went into the rough…

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Motor Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 3

Three miles south of Moruya, on the Prince's Highway, on Thursday afternoon a single-seater car skidded and somersaulted. The two…

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Fatal Motor Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 3

With his hands still gripping the steering wheel after his car had crashed into a Culvert rail near Goulburn on Sunday, Mr. T. Dyring, a…

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Drowning Fatalities

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 1

On Sunday, a girl named Ruby Peacock, cock, aged 13, was drowned in a dam at Tallinba, West Wyalong. Her father, who could not swim, was on…

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Motoring Fatality Wife Killed, Husband Hurt

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 1

Whilst driving along the Huskisson road, near Berry, on Monday morning, Mrs. Lilian Woodhill, aged 61, wife of Mr. George Woodhill, of Woodhills…

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Boy Drowned

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 23 January 1930 · page 1

Edward Lancelot Rodier aged 13, was drowned while bathing in a deep hole in Dickinson Creek, near Albury…

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Shocking Motor Fatality

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 2

A shocking accident, which resulted fatally occurred about 10 miles from Henty, on the Pleasant Hills road, at 10.30 o’clock on Friday night last, the…

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Boy Injured by Motor Car Driver Has to Pay £55

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 1

A case which lasted all day was heard by his Honor, Judge Coyle, in the District Court at Yass on Friday. Reginald Smith, aged six, by his next…

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Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 February 1930 · page 2

Mr. Cecil Backhouse, of Currowan Creek, Clyde road, while sewing a bag with a packing-needle, had the misfortune to have the point of the…

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Local & General News Shooting Fatality

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 11 February 1930 · page 2

Information was brought to Braidwood early yesterday morning that Mr. Henry William Rankin, aged 45 years, who lived at his parents'…

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The Late Shooting Fatality Open Verdict Returned

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 14 February 1930 · page 1

The Coroner, Mr. J. J. Donnelly, J.P., held an inquest upon the remains of William Henry Rankin, of Deua River, whose death was briefly…

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Fatal Motor Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 18 February 1930 · page 2

Edward George Dominick, ex-constable, of Coolac, who received a fractured leg and abrasions, died in Goulburn Hospital on Saturday night…

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Late Goulburn Car Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 21 February 1930 · page 2

An inquest was opened on Tuesday into the circumstances of the occurrence. An emphatic denial was given by…

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Goulburn Car Fatality

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 25 February 1930 · page 8

The inquiry concerning the death of Mrs.t June Dominick (30), who was fatally injured when she was struck by a motor car in Goulburn…

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Bus Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 25 February 1930 · page 7

When a motor bus skidded in Oxford-street this morning near Darlinghurst the passengers were hur- ted out. Three of them were taken…

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Goulburn Motor Fatality

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 28 February 1930 · page 1

The District Coroner, Mr. Soane, returned a verdict o accidental death at the adjourned inquest on Monday morning into the circumstances…

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Car Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 4 March 1930 · page 2

Miss Jean Giles, of Braidwood, had a rather sensational experience on the Major's Creek mountain road on Sunday afternoon last. In company…

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Terrible Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 4 March 1930 · page 5

When a gig drawn by a bolting horse was thrown on to a barbed wire fence near Wangaratta (Vic.) three children were frightfully…

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Local & General News Motor Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 11 March 1930 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon Mr. Goward, of Araluen, met with a mishap on his way home to Araluen. Everything went well until between three and…

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